Personally, I am partial to Strange Science.
Cooky game with some really neat ramps and features.
Wish the made more of the machines, and you have to protect the hell out of the ramps.

Dr. Who pinball machine is eternal, underrated classic, and true collectors know the value.
Owned my prototype since 2006.
Time Expander is a %$#@% to work on though as you have to pull the whole thing and retest all the switches and optos thoroughly on a rebuild before leveling, engieers should have made it easier.

Many got parted out, because they were stripped for parts for other "AAA" titles.

"Holy grail" pinball machines and finding them is part of the collecting experience. When you finally achieve your goal do not let them go so easily afterwords. Many people do, and regret it later.

Nobody should ever sell a Black Knight, there is WAY TOO MUCH pinball history in that machine.
Names aside of course.

BTW, love the Tardis lamp.
Combination of the toy+painting converted.
Wonderful.

"Danger Will Robinson! DANGER!"

This is also a BAD idea, and this is not RPG days anymore, and a lot of that crowd is long gone, MIA, or not active.

If the guy REALLY wants the machine, fly, pick up, and ship yourself, or alternatively drive back (generally unfeasible)

You get what you pay for, and I hope their are some serious photos for this machine first

I might have to get a new DMD for my proto now, I really like those colors.
I never though a DrWho could get better, but the colors really make the game stand out, as they match the playfield design.

EDIT: This requires modification of the Doctor faces lamp board for installation. This is never going to happen to my machine, nor should be done by others as well IMHO. It is a 100% mod beyond what should occur. Collectors should not modify extremely high end examples of this machine with this change, as ultimately it can reduce its value and not keep the machine "clean" (I am somewhat of a "purist", because anything permanent, I will not install), not because it cannot be done, but after reviewing the work document, I truly see how some "hodge podge" sloppy soldering work by an untrained person would be extremely detrimental, and even could cause electric short circuits and lamp matrix issues. It definitely looks nothing like it should from the factory. The warning in the document is there for a reason.

It's another "timeless" theme (pun intended) and the return of the series in 2004 helped out a lot, coupled with middle age who fans. It has always been considered a "B" title (another pun) just like BSD, and people figure it out later, after they have been in the hobby for a while. A REALLY nice one fully restored will hover in the $ 4500 range for while, just like it hovered in the $3500 range 5+ years ago. Fixing the Time Expander is just a pain in the ass for leveling, testing all the optos, making sure alignment is correct, and the fact that play field does not have a sliding hinge for access.

Case in point, Dr Who is rated lower than Stern's Family Guy, which is a complete joke based on uninformed collectors.

Something for the pinball archives here.

Complete set of Dr Who plastics promotional plastics, including two prototype "magic motion" plastic handouts that never made into production when they converted the art from the directional hologram and cabinet style change, along the infamous, "I NEVER brake for Daleks" bumper sticker with TARDIS ends. Still have a copy of the original concept backglass artwork from creator Linda Deal somewhere in my boxes too, which I liked much better than the production version, but the backglass art is not as close a match to the playfield.

Personally, I wish they could have used the "lost plastic" for the playfield backboard, but there would need to be more things going on.
From my knowledge, very few of the 12 initial test machines remain (two?), as most were brought back and used for re-engineering conversion the final production prototypes from the "Black Rose" style high speaker cabinet with the larger translite to the recognizable "Addams Family" cabinet of the day.

I cannot do anything about the "Pinball Wizard DR" glare in the photo guys, DOH!

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Go here and learn some important information Dr. Who pinball history by the designer, Bill Pfutzenreuter, himself:
http://pfutz.us/UnofficialDoctorWhoPinballHistory/

Pfutz did work on a number of the greatest pinball machines from that era of time especially BSD, MB, and SlugFest.
He contributed design support for other machines he is not credited for during the same period as he teamed up with Barry Oursler frequently to bounce ideas around. This included Junkyard for example.

Want to understand the actual proper prototype working Dalek pinball topper and how it works (including the remake)?

Go here:
http://pfutz.us/WmsDoctorWhoMovingDalekHead/index.html
http://www.basementarcade.com/arcade/drwho/MakingOf/

I don't buy that 100 machines had the prototype topper before they stopped production and reduced costs (I think the number was MUCH smaller, because the testing run was rather short after they made changes to the machine to get it into production), only 2 of the ORIGINAL test machines with the magic motion artwork and the Old Bally Cabinet style cabinet exist to my knowledge. Those are the truly the RARE beasts, and are hiding...

This machine as nice as it is, is NOT a prototype (not that the owner was stating it was, I just wanted to clarify, as there are some distinguishing features).

This is the stuff above EVERY Dr. Who owner should know.

The proper kit is not that bad, if you take your time around 2 hours, mostly to make sure you don't screw up the Dalek.
I helped someone install theirs because they were not comfortable, and I knew how it got installed.
Measure twice, cut once!
For the most part, it is plug and play, and activation of the software inside the game menu.